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and i sat down with the president at the site of the cgi meeting on the same day that both president obama and mitt romney were set to speak there. >> how would you characterize how he's been handling the collective problems that we're seeing percolating across the middle east? >> well, i think that first of all, i think they've done pretty well in a very chaotic situation. the arab spring was always going to have ups and downs or bumps in the road or whatever you want to call it. in libya, the tragic situation of the lost of our ambassador and the other americans, it's worth pointing out a couple of things. first of all, most of the libyan people who were aware of what's going on like the united states, they like the fact that we aggressively supported them and their desire to replace the gadhafi regime and decades of control and repression and a move to a more democratic system. the president of libya has asked to meet with me. we're going to have a nice visit. i think tomorrow. there were libyans who lost their lives in that attack, trying to protect americans. and that is a different t
and i sat down with the president at the site of the cgi meeting on the same day that both president obama and mitt romney were set to speak there. >> how would you characterize how he's been handling the collective problems that we're seeing percolating across the middle east? >> well, i think that first of all, i think they've done pretty well in a very chaotic situation. the arab spring was always going to have ups and downs or bumps in the road or whatever you want to call it....
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president obama hops over the pomac rometops i t balegrnd o virgia. wille deler new he for virgia o wil the pside nd tt vginis no f lovers? aches and bain. republicans push back hard on the lestampan i mney role in in capil. evybodho h rea the hit hitchhiker's guide to fantasy knows 32. find out what billlint h to s abo bai pita the tax ke a mu, mucmore od moing, everody. it's fray,uly, 2012. let's get to the first read of the morning with the obama and romney campaign swapping bitter accusations about romney's cordt bn catal. the predent sat dn witn tervw toay ttroey's reco is fr me. >> do think a at disqualifies him, but i also think it's important if that's his main calngca, his bic emisshat'm mr.fiit on tconoecau i mad a lo o moy. i ink iisntiry propate loo at that record and see whether, in fact, his foc was creating bs. and sucssfuy didat, an whe y loo athe cord the arquesons ere. >>omneonties h unteatta in n adut thisornihich h uses obama's own words in the 2008 convention in denver against him. >> if y don hav any fsh ids,hen you usetale taics
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obama would be like. but significantly and for the first time, he didn't merely criticize the obama record. mr. romney went further and explained with some specificity how his policies would improve the lives and economic prospects for middle-class americans. the president seemed off his game overall, verbose as he often is, but with his famous restraint seeming more difficult than cool as mr. romney bore in with details about his record. it's clear mr. obama isn't used to someone challenging the attack lines that he uses to describe mr. romney's various proposals on the stump." and again, where was the 47%? where was it? he just didn't go there? >> that's the great mystery. >> the thing that's true in both these editorials that i do think one of the president's failures here was not just the stylistic failure, was a substantive failure. mitt romney made a lot of claims last night. he said a lot of things we've never heard from him before. he tried to claim he doesn't want to cut a $5 trillion tax cut. he
obama would be like. but significantly and for the first time, he didn't merely criticize the obama record. mr. romney went further and explained with some specificity how his policies would improve the lives and economic prospects for middle-class americans. the president seemed off his game overall, verbose as he often is, but with his famous restraint seeming more difficult than cool as mr. romney bore in with details about his record. it's clear mr. obama isn't used to someone challenging...
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this is very much an obama/speaker boehner/house negotiation but also because the president has a lot more political capital this time. last time the democrats were coming off the 2010 midterms. this time the president is made of political capital. they say that vice president biden will be a part of selling whatever deal comes together, but he's been less visible in crafting it. >> let me ask, mike, are you surprised by the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll that shows the american public splitting blame on this debt deal possibly going down? >> i can tell you republicans have felt this for a while. i've felt the spine of republicans stiffen over the last couple weeks. had they started this -- and you and i talked about this -- they were ready to cave. the leaders knew that it was just a matter of when and how. and as time went by, partly because of what they saw as overreach by white house negotiations, republicans started to say, you know, maybe there is some up side for us in this. and so that's why i think this has been such a slow process. and that's partly because peopl
this is very much an obama/speaker boehner/house negotiation but also because the president has a lot more political capital this time. last time the democrats were coming off the 2010 midterms. this time the president is made of political capital. they say that vice president biden will be a part of selling whatever deal comes together, but he's been less visible in crafting it. >> let me ask, mike, are you surprised by the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll that shows...
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did obama adopt all of his idea. >> no. but he brought him in as an adviser. >> but it's risky and you have one of the most risk averse nominees in menry. >> is that the problem, chris? >> let's go into ryan for a second. he's not like a leon panetta. he's an iron rand believer. he's an objectiveness. so he really wants to reward the winners. it's end income with case, the rich. raise them up to pa what a working woman has to pay. cap gains believes in getting rid of the caps gain hats. he wants to help out the winner -- i think he's eyeing rand. >> you think that paul ryan doesn't like people or -- >> let throw down. i don't think he's sitting worried about the people on pell grants. i i don't think he's worried about the working poor. i think he's working for the winters. that's who he wants to incentivise i noticed about the conservative movement is they believe the way to get richard is to work harder is to give more opinion. the way to give poor people money is to -- let's give the richest guy a tax break because it wi
did obama adopt all of his idea. >> no. but he brought him in as an adviser. >> but it's risky and you have one of the most risk averse nominees in menry. >> is that the problem, chris? >> let's go into ryan for a second. he's not like a leon panetta. he's an iron rand believer. he's an objectiveness. so he really wants to reward the winners. it's end income with case, the rich. raise them up to pa what a working woman has to pay. cap gains believes in getting rid of the...
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the challenge is to persuade people who hired obama, it's now time to fire obama. it's time not to give him a second shot. most of those people you saw in that add were speaking more in sorrow than anger. it was very low key. we'll see what the impact of that is. that's a demonstration of what we're in for because that's financed bay super pac. didn't come out of the romney campaign. >> it's interesting, how could the democrats respond to that? what would be their sort of message like that? i can't think of anything off the top of my head, you know. it's very effective that way. >> it's to scare the hell out of people. >> not that tone though. which is a great tone. >> romney is a rich guy, killed my wife, doesn't pay taxes. >> interesting letter in "the new york times" the choice of paul d. ryan as his running mate, mitt romney has left no doubts about his intentions for the direction of our government. now i'm afraid to vote for president obama because he may not be able to do what he says. i am also afraid to vote for mr. romney because he may be able to do what
the challenge is to persuade people who hired obama, it's now time to fire obama. it's time not to give him a second shot. most of those people you saw in that add were speaking more in sorrow than anger. it was very low key. we'll see what the impact of that is. that's a demonstration of what we're in for because that's financed bay super pac. didn't come out of the romney campaign. >> it's interesting, how could the democrats respond to that? what would be their sort of message like...
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barack obama. it happened with hillary clinton time and time again where hillary clinton, chris dodd, joe biden, outdebated barack obama in every single debate back in 2008. every single debate. chris dodd, joe biden, hillary clinton just ran circles around him. and people say, well, why can't he -- at some point you just have to say, because he doesn't have his -- i mean, a great of a grasp on the issues as the people he's debating. >> that's sobering but it's true. i still believe it's the professor. >> how can you be president of the united states, mark halperin, and, i mean, and not have these basic answers? >> well, it's more than i think the format than not having the answers. he spent a lot of the evening going after mitt romney for things that he thinks he can win the election on like taxes and medicare. it wasn't like he never responded to it. >> but isn't the format in washington is that you get in a room with someone and you go at it and you try and figure it out? >> that's what we're as
barack obama. it happened with hillary clinton time and time again where hillary clinton, chris dodd, joe biden, outdebated barack obama in every single debate back in 2008. every single debate. chris dodd, joe biden, hillary clinton just ran circles around him. and people say, well, why can't he -- at some point you just have to say, because he doesn't have his -- i mean, a great of a grasp on the issues as the people he's debating. >> that's sobering but it's true. i still believe it's...
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those are the folks in the obama side. if romney were to win, there's a bunch of people to watch, but beth myers in particular, somebody you should watch today because she is a person who's leading the search for the vice presidential pick. a long-time confident, one or two people really close, totally trusted by the romney family. she would have a huge role in any administration and i think her role right now is bigger than ever. a lot of talk this morning, starting from this item on the drudge report about who might be the pick of condi rice according to drudge has moved up to the top of the list. >> talk about condi in a second. meacham stuck on this page. eva longoria. >> hispanic shift. >> those are the hollywood players. that's meacham's base. >> that's right. very, very -- >> he wouldn't turn the page. condi rice, this is an interesting story. topping the list, close to the top of the list? how good is the info on that? >> i don't know. i'm trying to read that one because my theory on that might be it was leaked out
those are the folks in the obama side. if romney were to win, there's a bunch of people to watch, but beth myers in particular, somebody you should watch today because she is a person who's leading the search for the vice presidential pick. a long-time confident, one or two people really close, totally trusted by the romney family. she would have a huge role in any administration and i think her role right now is bigger than ever. a lot of talk this morning, starting from this item on the...
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which is obama's search. off to occidental college, where he comes into relationships with urban black kids who immediately recognize him as a white guy, a white asian guy probably from -- >> he's an outsider where ever he goes. he's an outsider. >> and imagine what he's done in his life. he builds an identity, which he then turns into the one salvation moment for him, the speech in boston, in order for me to exist, i have to embrace all the things that i am and all the people i am, hence, not a red america, not a blue america, we are the united states of america. >> there is one politician this this race who hasn't lost a race and that's paul ryan. joe biden ran for president a couple of times and lost. paul ryan's an interesting character. going back to that first clip, mitt romney in that debate by ted kennedy. that was a brutal beat down. what lessons do you think he learned as a man, as a politician that he's applied to this campaign? >> i think mitt romney is a sales man, a business man. a not an id log
which is obama's search. off to occidental college, where he comes into relationships with urban black kids who immediately recognize him as a white guy, a white asian guy probably from -- >> he's an outsider where ever he goes. he's an outsider. >> and imagine what he's done in his life. he builds an identity, which he then turns into the one salvation moment for him, the speech in boston, in order for me to exist, i have to embrace all the things that i am and all the people i am,...
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barack obama wasn't the only person who won. i'm not saying this to denigrate the president or elevate the president. i'm explaining the negotiations right here. you get 80% -- i got 80%, you know, when i ran in, you know -- actually ran unopposed in '98. in '9d6 i got 83%. i didn't give a damn what they said. they didn't call and say i got elected, joe, with 52% of the vote, you've got to go with me. i said that's great, mr. president, i got 80%. >> he probably did do that because he tried to make social security reform the centerpiece. >> right, and it didn't work. >> republicans didn't support it. >> it didn't work. david? >> joe, isn't one of the big questions here what boehner ultimately does is a legislative strategy, not just trying to deal with folks who won in their districts and who are opposed to taxes, but does he put a bill on the floor that he knows he has to rely on heavily on democrats to pass? is he willing to take that step, and what happens to me? >> by the way, david, i want to underline the fact, i can't say
barack obama wasn't the only person who won. i'm not saying this to denigrate the president or elevate the president. i'm explaining the negotiations right here. you get 80% -- i got 80%, you know, when i ran in, you know -- actually ran unopposed in '98. in '9d6 i got 83%. i didn't give a damn what they said. they didn't call and say i got elected, joe, with 52% of the vote, you've got to go with me. i said that's great, mr. president, i got 80%. >> he probably did do that because he...
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barack obama and bill clinton. bill clinton complaining bitterly for a year that obama wasn't even calling. now look what's happening. it looks like he understands he needs bill clinton at this c conventi convention. what do we expect to see? >> i think bill clinton has become like that character in the best man i just saw for the third time yesterday in new york here, that great play about the former president, in this case played by james earl jones. and i think he wants to be that big man, and he is, the big man of the party who will last through each election whether you win or lose, and i think he wants to clear the field for secretary clinton for next time. part of it is destroying anybody who opposed her in any democratic primary this spring, especially in pennsylvania where he showed his power, and to do it in a pouch way. he's doing carrot and stick. if you missed with hillary last time around you're not even in the game this time. he's saying, look, but i'm the party. so if barack loses i'm the party, if
barack obama and bill clinton. bill clinton complaining bitterly for a year that obama wasn't even calling. now look what's happening. it looks like he understands he needs bill clinton at this c conventi convention. what do we expect to see? >> i think bill clinton has become like that character in the best man i just saw for the third time yesterday in new york here, that great play about the former president, in this case played by james earl jones. and i think he wants to be that big...
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obama, which is it? >> speaking of of the obama administration, david axelrod wrote "as the republicans parties and super pacs try to depict this narrow, freeloader penalty that would touch less than 1% of americans as a broad tax on the middle class they are sliming their own nominee. >> clearly the people in chicago leapt on this as fast as they could. they love the idea there's a discrepancy between the republicans party and what they're say. as dan said, it was a complicated campaign, the white house thinks it was a good day for them, even if the subject was about obamacare. i think the question is whether voters' minds will be changed whether it was a tax or a penalty. all the polling since the supreme court's voting suggests minds have not changed very much on the actual health care act and i find it hard to believe that people are going to be passing that much, oh, okay, now i don't like the health care act because there's a tax involved in it. those people didn't like the health care act anyway.
obama, which is it? >> speaking of of the obama administration, david axelrod wrote "as the republicans parties and super pacs try to depict this narrow, freeloader penalty that would touch less than 1% of americans as a broad tax on the middle class they are sliming their own nominee. >> clearly the people in chicago leapt on this as fast as they could. they love the idea there's a discrepancy between the republicans party and what they're say. as dan said, it was a...
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we were in the white house last wednesday and obama posed for a picture. then we did a terrific interview. the story is by michael shearer, our white house correspondent. joe, i know you predicted it. i tuned in yesterday and i think it's a kind of impossible to do an alternative choice. he's been the dominant figure. this couple of amazing statistics. he is the first president since fdr to win with a majority of the vote in consecutive terms. he did that against an unemployment rate that was higher than anybody has ever won against -- except for roosevelt 75 years ago. and i think part of what our story did -- michael shearer was really the first person to write about the data crunchers in the obama campaign, what all that showed, it wasn't just about demography but about how the country has changed and is changing. these changes we've talked about are here right now. this amazing statistics is that mitt romney won the same percentage of the white vote as george herbert walker bush did in 1988 when he won 436 electoral votes. that's just stunning. it's an
we were in the white house last wednesday and obama posed for a picture. then we did a terrific interview. the story is by michael shearer, our white house correspondent. joe, i know you predicted it. i tuned in yesterday and i think it's a kind of impossible to do an alternative choice. he's been the dominant figure. this couple of amazing statistics. he is the first president since fdr to win with a majority of the vote in consecutive terms. he did that against an unemployment rate that was...
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and barack obama won his district. i mean, paul ryan, i know this comes as a shock to a lot of us in the national media, but paul ryan knows how to talk to swing voters better than anybody else because his livelihood depends on it every two years. >> well, that is true. but if joe biden was sitting with us here this morning, he would be the first to say very few people vote for the vice president. they're going to vote for the united states. we know what their jobs are. we know what ryan's job is, joe biden's job is. joe biden has a couple of elements to him, though, that make him, perhaps, better suited for a debate than the president of the united states. in that he's used to it standing on the senate floor for 30, 35 years, he's good at it. really good at it. and the other similar aspect similar to paul ryan, joe biden goes home to wilmington nearly every weekend. you can find him in the home depot on a saturday morning. he sort of gets even though he's vice president of the united states what it's like to live a li
and barack obama won his district. i mean, paul ryan, i know this comes as a shock to a lot of us in the national media, but paul ryan knows how to talk to swing voters better than anybody else because his livelihood depends on it every two years. >> well, that is true. but if joe biden was sitting with us here this morning, he would be the first to say very few people vote for the vice president. they're going to vote for the united states. we know what their jobs are. we know what...
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the obama campaign, the disparity will not be as great this time even though the obama campaign will be outspent. as i say, if you're talking about six or seven or eight states and this amount of money the saturation could get to the point -- we don't know what people will do. there is no analog in the past. if you're talking about we're going to spend $2.5 billion in this campaign, last time we spent a billion. that's a big order of magnitude difference and there's no -- because there's no precedent we don't know. >> mika, the only reason i talked about the linda mcmahon effect, we all know in connecticut people were running out of their front doors with their hair on fire saying please stop. people hated linda mcmahon regardless of ideology because of all the 30 second ads. i think that may be the only precedent we have. in some other campaign news before we get on to everything else we have, there is a new cnn poll out that shows that paul ryan is making a dent in barack obama's lead up in wisconsin. >> yep. obama now leads romney by four points in wisconsin. republican has not wo
the obama campaign, the disparity will not be as great this time even though the obama campaign will be outspent. as i say, if you're talking about six or seven or eight states and this amount of money the saturation could get to the point -- we don't know what people will do. there is no analog in the past. if you're talking about we're going to spend $2.5 billion in this campaign, last time we spent a billion. that's a big order of magnitude difference and there's no -- because there's no...
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under obama's economy, it's just not getting better. mitt romney has a plan for a stronger middle class. under the romney plan, more jobs and more take home pay. it's a plan that works for america. >> look. who could be against that. >> that's their new ad. >> are you against more jobs? >> i'm not. >> and for what was that second? >> more take home pay. >> that is not true. >> more chickens and more pots. >> and getting rid of chicken wheat in the backyard. >> and paying taxes. >> and christmas every day of the year. >> right. >> who could be against that. >> hooray for the 1%. >> ice cream for breakfast every day. >> i'm voting for this guy. >> oh, my gosh. >> welcome back to "morning joe." mark halperin and john heilemann with us, joining the table the host of msnbc's "politics nation requested and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. good morning. >> good morning. >> all the blueberry pie you can eat. >> yeah. >> who can be against that? >> with ice cream for breakfast. >> for breakfast. breakfast of champio
under obama's economy, it's just not getting better. mitt romney has a plan for a stronger middle class. under the romney plan, more jobs and more take home pay. it's a plan that works for america. >> look. who could be against that. >> that's their new ad. >> are you against more jobs? >> i'm not. >> and for what was that second? >> more take home pay. >> that is not true. >> more chickens and more pots. >> and getting rid of chicken wheat...
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obama, this won't matter. his great progressive gamble will have paid off. >> it was balanced. >> i don't know what to think. >> subtly fought. >> it's black or it's white. >> you know what, it sang, like the beatles. it was beautiful. i guess "the wall street journal," again, richard, a bit more nuanced and balanced than i expected. >> interesting, in turn, they seem to be thinking the gamble will pay off. i don't remember them complaining too much about president bush's re-election campaign style in 2004, but maybe that's just a trick of memory. >> you talked about mandate. you used the word "mandate." one of the things that concerns me is that this race is going to be so close at the end that both sides -- because democrats, harry reid's saying it on the democratic side. republicans are going to be saying it on the house side. that both sides are going to say, whoever wins, you don't have a mandate. if mitt romney thinks he's going to get democrats to magically work with him in the senate and the house, he'
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they love obama. >> sure. which is the same reason the republican base is going to vote not because of love of romney, but because -- >> friend of mine all he does is every day raise pension money for the funds. never seen the unions. so basically disenfranchised with obama. he sees it every meeting every day. >> really? that's amazing. >> add one thing to one thing ed said, this again, it could still change but the reality is that the money that you typically see from labor groups to the democratic party or get out the vote efforts is not there. that could change, obviously, until november. >> where are the unions going to go? >> yeah. >> what they're doing -- >> might not do anything. >> running against willard mitt romney. >> say the same thing about evangelicals. either side of the base is -- >> what they're doing in pennsylvania and across the country giving money to organizations like america votes that do turn out and do registration, rather than traditional democratic forces. it has the same effect. >>
they love obama. >> sure. which is the same reason the republican base is going to vote not because of love of romney, but because -- >> friend of mine all he does is every day raise pension money for the funds. never seen the unions. so basically disenfranchised with obama. he sees it every meeting every day. >> really? that's amazing. >> add one thing to one thing ed said, this again, it could still change but the reality is that the money that you typically see from...
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and obama must address that in addition to policies. >> it's ironic too, now that obama almost wants to have a conversation about the last four years and say, listen, bin laden -- >> thank you, bill clinton. >> the unemployment numbers are going down. he's looking backwards now. >> yes, he is. is. >> and again, the economic problems we're facing right now, david gregory. i remember what it was like being the son of a dad who had been laid off and was looking for work for 18 months. i remember in '71 and '72, the protests in the street over vietnam, the turmoil going on. the kind of life and the economy that my dad was going to get back to work because the economy was doing better. the "usa today" poll that was out was accompanied by an article about working class women who are actually breaking to mitt romney right now. and we sit here in the press and obsess over, you know, all of these social issues. are women going to be breaking against, you know, romney because of this or that? you know what? at the end of the day, it does come down to what are you going to do over the next four
and obama must address that in addition to policies. >> it's ironic too, now that obama almost wants to have a conversation about the last four years and say, listen, bin laden -- >> thank you, bill clinton. >> the unemployment numbers are going down. he's looking backwards now. >> yes, he is. is. >> and again, the economic problems we're facing right now, david gregory. i remember what it was like being the son of a dad who had been laid off and was looking for...
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romney 45, obama, 42. >> i was surprised that it took the obama campaign a week to come out with their first medicare ad. and they did. it was the aarp spot. they said they we wanted to make sure we got it right the first time. we didn't want to go out there too quickly and mess it up. >> i was spriesd at the turnaround. were you surprised it turned around that quickly? >> when you look at how well the republicans have driven the medicare narrative the last ten days or two weeks, they've been winning in the -- obama campaign had been saying this to us, we think we're winning right now the medicare message. i still say let's see what happens. you're fighting into a draw. you're spending time fighting it to a draw. is that what you want to be spending time doing? by the way, on this -- as you were discussing, this romney and empathy, and all this stuff. i swear the l.a. convention in 2000, before al gore's thursday night speech, we were having the same conversation. what is it about al gore that we don't already know? what new can he do? what did he do? gave the convention speech of his
romney 45, obama, 42. >> i was surprised that it took the obama campaign a week to come out with their first medicare ad. and they did. it was the aarp spot. they said they we wanted to make sure we got it right the first time. we didn't want to go out there too quickly and mess it up. >> i was spriesd at the turnaround. were you surprised it turned around that quickly? >> when you look at how well the republicans have driven the medicare narrative the last ten days or two...
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economy. 6, penn state. 5, libya. 4 obama care. why did obama care rise again? >> you know, it seemed people felt that story was never going to go away. it actually started last year, went through this year and is still an unending story. we don't know. people felt it affected their readers, their constituents. >> obviously the supreme court story was huge. but also the election was huge as well where you had a lot of republicans say okay. we'll basically -- it's been, you know, verified by the american people. >> this was the first year i went back, since 1996, that a presidential election did not make the number one spot. it is pretty unusual. it's because of newtown. >> number 3, superstorm. obviously a huge storm, had a devastating impact on the tri-state area. >> in a normal year that would have been the number one story. it was a very complicated news year and it got knocked down to 3. >> you're right the u.s. election would have been the top story of the year. quite an election. >> almost any time. this is a fascinating election with so many sub plots. we
economy. 6, penn state. 5, libya. 4 obama care. why did obama care rise again? >> you know, it seemed people felt that story was never going to go away. it actually started last year, went through this year and is still an unending story. we don't know. people felt it affected their readers, their constituents. >> obviously the supreme court story was huge. but also the election was huge as well where you had a lot of republicans say okay. we'll basically -- it's been, you know,...
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obama enjoys a seven-point lead in ohio. in florida, five in florida, two states that, of course -- >> i'll tell you, the fox news state-by-state polls were pretty devastating yesterday. romney has to win florida. you look at these states. if he doesn't win ohio, then he has to win withvirginia and iow. it is state by state by state pretty rough. but you know, mika, yesterday the president went and was interviewed on univision. >> mm-hmm. >> and there's some interesting things coming out of that. >> well, he went after mitt romney on those comments. he was asked about it, though. let's take a listen to what the president had to say. >> when you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims, tha somehow they want to be dependent on government, my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot. because i travel around the country all the time, and the american people are the hardest working people there. >> it was comments, though, about changing the tone in washington that also got his opponent's atten
obama enjoys a seven-point lead in ohio. in florida, five in florida, two states that, of course -- >> i'll tell you, the fox news state-by-state polls were pretty devastating yesterday. romney has to win florida. you look at these states. if he doesn't win ohio, then he has to win withvirginia and iow. it is state by state by state pretty rough. but you know, mika, yesterday the president went and was interviewed on univision. >> mm-hmm. >> and there's some interesting things...
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we're brewed by starbucks. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax increase. he pays less. you pay more. >>> on sunday, may 1st, the west wing was abuzz with activity as a u.s. special operations team killed osama bin laden in a compound in pakistan at the president's direction. before informing the american people, they called president bush and clinton as well as congressional leaders to give them the news. >> the reason i'm calling is to tell you we killed him. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> that was a look blind the scenes
we're brewed by starbucks. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now he has a plan that would give millionaires another tax break... and raises taxes on middle class families by up to two thousand dollars a year. mitt romney's middle class tax...
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and barack obama, mitt romney, not. not. >> clinton is more believable. >> yeah. >> well -- >> he's got, thanks to republicans like me, be you know, 21 million new jobs. >> there you go. i knew you would get it in there. >> he couldn't leave it out. >> we balanced the budget, forced him to pass welfare reform. we did a lot of things that helped him write his biography and make him the man he is today. we also impeached him but it was the '90s. >> everybody was doing it. >> that's funny. the president wrote me, you know, to joe, one of these pictures, with great appreciation. bill clinton. and i hung it in my law office in one of my partners came in and said, appreciation for what? impeaching him? it was a very complex thing. >> different times. >> jim vandehei, thanks. we'll talk to you. >> take care. >> don't mess with joe girardi during his postgame press conference. >> this is not good. >> yankees manager goes after a heckler. we'll show you. >> he's routed out too. okay, here's the plan. you have a plan? first we're
and barack obama, mitt romney, not. not. >> clinton is more believable. >> yeah. >> well -- >> he's got, thanks to republicans like me, be you know, 21 million new jobs. >> there you go. i knew you would get it in there. >> he couldn't leave it out. >> we balanced the budget, forced him to pass welfare reform. we did a lot of things that helped him write his biography and make him the man he is today. we also impeached him but it was the '90s. >>...
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obama's rocky mountain horror show. is the 44th president no more than a mediocre political talent who has one of the greatest runs of luck in history? it and did that luck begin it to run out in denver last wednesday during the homestretch of his final campaign. a week later many democrats fear that it did. it is possible that the political class has overestimated barack obama's tal lenlted for too long now. i suspect wednesday night was more the result of an arrogant campaign underestimating a former massachusetts governor. that proved to be a dumb thing to a guy that breezed through harvard, saved a winter olympics, signed a landmark health care bill with with ted kennedy by his side, raised five gifts boys and retains the love and respect of a woman he first met in elementary school. like every campaign that cross swords with ronald reagan, chicago's arrogance blew up in their face. the question is whether barack obama will suffer the same fate as governor pat brown and president jim my carter. the answer to that qu
obama's rocky mountain horror show. is the 44th president no more than a mediocre political talent who has one of the greatest runs of luck in history? it and did that luck begin it to run out in denver last wednesday during the homestretch of his final campaign. a week later many democrats fear that it did. it is possible that the political class has overestimated barack obama's tal lenlted for too long now. i suspect wednesday night was more the result of an arrogant campaign underestimating...
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helpful to the obama administration. signed on to obama care. what happened with two of the biggest corporations in the country. too broad of a stroke. we're against regulations when, in fact, guys like me got elected because small business own eers would take me into the office and say look at the osha forms. look at all these other forms i have. and so you sit there and you paint a broad brush and you're giving breaks to the big banks on wall street to get corporate welfare and -- >> that's always the tension. the tension is individual people understand how awful it can be to be yoekd to regulations of no help to a business that grosses a million dollars a year and has five employees whereas those regulations are necessary to manage the conduct of a company with 100,000 employees that actually, you know, dumps polluted water. but they're laid out across american business and they don't have an equal impact. they impact those who can least afford to handle them and that's why regulation is a problem. it's less of a problem for big business just
helpful to the obama administration. signed on to obama care. what happened with two of the biggest corporations in the country. too broad of a stroke. we're against regulations when, in fact, guys like me got elected because small business own eers would take me into the office and say look at the osha forms. look at all these other forms i have. and so you sit there and you paint a broad brush and you're giving breaks to the big banks on wall street to get corporate welfare and -- >>...
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they all would have accused obama of selling out. and it would not have been a case lacking -- i mean, the boehner case, it was a real genuine compromise. and the white house really thought that's what it was. the second thing, what john boehner has to do is start doing on january 4th because january 3rd is when he is re-elected as speaker. i think there may be a fear that some of those right. wing members of his caucus might be so furious that any deal he cuts that they wouldn't vote for him. >> what i'm told may end up happening, you've got a number of problems for instance on the senate side on friday, there is the funeral for danny inouye tomorrow. that's going to take up a lot. there's the viewing today. you've got the benghazi hearings. time is running out on the calendar. so what i'm hearing is, go home for christmas and come back the day after, come back on the 26th. >> the plan b would, as a diversion, make sense if they were still talking. but they're not talking. and according to senior white house officials, they haven't
they all would have accused obama of selling out. and it would not have been a case lacking -- i mean, the boehner case, it was a real genuine compromise. and the white house really thought that's what it was. the second thing, what john boehner has to do is start doing on january 4th because january 3rd is when he is re-elected as speaker. i think there may be a fear that some of those right. wing members of his caucus might be so furious that any deal he cuts that they wouldn't vote for him....
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barack obama was right about it. and as president, he brought us home from that war honorably and decently. not an easy thing to do. >> so the aim time line george w. bush had. let me ask you -- >> come on. do you think that's a proud record george bush had? >> no, it's not. >> what's wrong with pointing that out in. >> are you going to let me talk? this is so sad, david. let's talk about afghanistan. >> yeah. >> are you guys glad that barack obama tripled the number of troops in afghanistan, which we all opposed around this table, and kept american troops there fighting and dying after we all knew -- >> yet again -- yet again -- here. if i can answer the question. barack obama comes into office. we're at war in afghanistan. it is a mess. and you're faced with all kinds of horrendous problems. we may leave in 2014, and you may find, as dexter filkins in his report in "the new yorker" said a civil war that follows. there could be horrendous tragedy there. no one is saying -- and certainly not in this magazine -- i don
barack obama was right about it. and as president, he brought us home from that war honorably and decently. not an easy thing to do. >> so the aim time line george w. bush had. let me ask you -- >> come on. do you think that's a proud record george bush had? >> no, it's not. >> what's wrong with pointing that out in. >> are you going to let me talk? this is so sad, david. let's talk about afghanistan. >> yeah. >> are you guys glad that barack obama...
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obama. president obama is suddenly upside down when it comes to his favoribility among women, 50 to 46%. the most recent nbc/"wall street journal" poll showed president obama with a 15-point lead among women over mitt romney. i'm surprised by those numbers. >> that's a head scratcher. >> i don't know who's not surprised by these numbers. mark halperin, abc news/"washington post" poll, usually not an outliar poll. very interesting. those numbers don't add up. i cannot imagine the president being upside down among women. >> even with great polls, one in every ten is just bad and could be that. comes right after the republican convention where there was a concerted effort between mrs. romney and dr. rice, secretary rice and a bunch of other women speakers. i don't suspect those numbers are right. it may be a narrower gap. >> john heilemann? i agree with that. there was a cbs/"new york times" poll about six months ago that had a similar weird there, had obama ahead with men and behind with women
obama. president obama is suddenly upside down when it comes to his favoribility among women, 50 to 46%. the most recent nbc/"wall street journal" poll showed president obama with a 15-point lead among women over mitt romney. i'm surprised by those numbers. >> that's a head scratcher. >> i don't know who's not surprised by these numbers. mark halperin, abc news/"washington post" poll, usually not an outliar poll. very interesting. those numbers don't add up. i...
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you don't increase as much as obama wants. you do some stuff on deductions and loopholes that republicans want. create $1.2 trillion of revenue. you have a trillion of savings already from stuff that happened last year. you do some stuff on defense. you could get the $4 trillion package that we need. it's not hard, you just have two sides that are so polarized, have dug themselves into such deep corners and seem unwilling to come out. >> it will get done. it will get done. remember i told you that. >> from donny's lips. >>> let's get to some of your charts here. katty asked you what happens if we do go over the cliff. let's look at the consequences. uncertainty index is the first one. >> as i said, we don't know what happens. there's a few indicators that give a sense as to where people, business and the economy is at the moment one interesting index i came upon is called the uncertainty index, done by several economists where they attempt to incorporate the number of news stories talking about washington policies that are in
you don't increase as much as obama wants. you do some stuff on deductions and loopholes that republicans want. create $1.2 trillion of revenue. you have a trillion of savings already from stuff that happened last year. you do some stuff on defense. you could get the $4 trillion package that we need. it's not hard, you just have two sides that are so polarized, have dug themselves into such deep corners and seem unwilling to come out. >> it will get done. it will get done. remember i told...
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obama was surging in the polls. it was all kind of going to a very tough place when he had to make the decision. i felt i want the audience to be in his shoes and look at the dilemma he faced. especially when people say you can take this risky choice or you can lose. i want people to relate with them at that moment. casting ed harris is part of it. i think he's a dynamic and thoughtful person. you can see his soul at stake. that's what great actors can do is let you feel it's not just a choice. it's everything. >> the close upshot of ed harris at the end of the movie. that was ed harris. that's john mccain. >> i think his trance formation of putting on weight and did physical things, but the way he committed to understanding what that guy faced and he's an american hero. it's a very chaotic and polarized place that was up and down through the primaries. i wanted to ask the audience, go past what you expect and look at what it is like to face that decision. it looked like a great idea. what did it feel like as it sta
obama was surging in the polls. it was all kind of going to a very tough place when he had to make the decision. i felt i want the audience to be in his shoes and look at the dilemma he faced. especially when people say you can take this risky choice or you can lose. i want people to relate with them at that moment. casting ed harris is part of it. i think he's a dynamic and thoughtful person. you can see his soul at stake. that's what great actors can do is let you feel it's not just a choice....